The RAC advises and makes recommendations to the BLM on public land management. The Planning Subcommittee makes recommendations to the RAC on planning issues. Discussion items will include, but are not limited to, the Las Vegas Resource Management Plan Revision and Environmental Impact Statement, the Nellis Encroachment Study, illegal target shooting, and developing recommendations for Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Round 14 projects. The meeting is open to the public and provides an opportunity to make comments to the citizen-based council. A public comment period is scheduled at 10 a.m.

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act directs the Secretary of the Interior to involve the public in planning and discussion of issues related to management of BLM-administered public lands. The Mojave-Southern Great Basin RAC is one of three such councils in Nevada that accommodate this community participation directive. Represented on the council are commercial and non-commercial users including environmental, livestock, mining, Native American, and wild horse and burro interests and elected officials and state agencies.

For more information, contact Chris Hanefeld, BLM Ely District Office public affairs specialist, at (775) 289-1842 or chanefel@blm.gov.

The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's mission is to manage and conserve the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations under our mandate of multiple-use and sustained yield. In Fiscal Year 2013, the BLM generated $4.7 billion in receipts from public lands.